George B. Anderson

George Burgwyn Anderson (21 April 1831-17 October 1862) was a Brigadier-General of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Biography
George Burgwyn Anderson was born in Orange County, North Carolina in 1831, the cousin of Henry K. Burgwyn. He graduated from West Point in 1852, tenth of 43 cadets, and he served in the US Army during the war against the Mormons in Utah. In 1861, he resigned from the army to join the Confederate States Army at the start of the American Civil War, and he led the 4th North Carolina Infantry at Williamsburg in 1862 and was promoted to Brigadier-General in May. He was wounded in the hand at Malvern Hill, and he later led a brigade in Gustavus Woodson Smith's division of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Maryland campaign. At the Sunken Lane at the Battle of Antietam, he was hit in the ankle by a Minie ball, and he died during surgery to amputate his leg.